I very much think it’s time we got out organisations off Twitter / X, and I’m delighted to say there’s a real movement happening in that direction.
Since I wrote this blogpost about how to get your organisation off X and a shorter LinkledIn version which has had a lot of repostings, absolutely loads of people have got in touch from across librarianship and beyond, to say they’ve put the 5 suggested steps into practice and are getting off the platform.
I particularly loved this reposting from Angela Hursh, author of the Super Library Marketing blog:
“Here’s what happened when I stopped posting to Twitter:
✔ Traffic to my website remained the same.
✔I felt less stressed with one less platform to maintain!
✔I regretted nothing.
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In order to try and reach an audience beyond my usual networks, I’ve re-written the piece for the Times Higher, and it sits somewhere between the two versions above in length. If you’ve not already read one of the others, have a look and see if you can start the process of becoming ex-X.
Click the pic to view the article on the Times Higher website
If you’re interested you can read my previous piece for the Times Higher on how departments and orgs can get better at using Instagram, here.